ROSS-on-Wye actor Richard Curnow is set to shake up Shakespeare in an innovative production in association with the Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham at The Phoenix Theatre, Ross-on-Wye on Friday, September 4.

The actor and writer, who lives in Pontshill, runs theatre company Finding the Will with fellow actor and writer Jules Hobbs. Following their Edinburgh Fringe Festival run, the pair are returning to The Phoenix with two brand-new one-actor shows from the Bard Heads collection based on Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest.

In Dog, Book and Scandal, it is a year since the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet and Friar Laurence is questioning his faith. He is friendless save for a scruffy dog and an ageing atheist apothecary with personal hygiene issues.

In The Queen’s Speech, 35 years have passed since Miranda left Prospero’s island at the end of The Tempest. Now the Queen of Naples, she is in trouble and yearning for sun, sea, sand and…

“An entertaining and thought-provoking production. The writing and performance is excellently pitched.” Edinburgh Spotlight August 2014

Tickets available online at phoenix-theatre.org.uk and from Rossiter Books in Ross-on-Wye (01989 564464)